The Peaslee Papers: A Lovecraftian Chronicle
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Carnacki: The Edinburgh Townhouse and Other Stories
CARNACKI operates in shadowy occult realms, on the fringes of science, in places out of sight and out of mind of normal everyday people. But sometimes the darkness touches the lives of others in ways they cannot understand, and they find they need help – the kind of help that only Carnacki can provide.
Lovecraftian Works by Modern Masters: Neil Gaiman’s “The Ocean at the End of the Lane”
In this series of articles, I will be taking a look at some modern mainstream novels that were either directly influenced by H.P. Lovecraft’s work, or at least echo his themes. While the bulk of Lovecraft’s output consisted of short stories, this column will focus primarily on novels. But let’s begin with a short one: THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman.
“The Endless Fall and Other Weird Fictions” by Jeffrey Thomas
Respected as one of today’s leading figures of weird fiction for his striking imagination, versatility, and deeply emotional stories, Jeffrey Thomas here offers up fourteen searing tales.
What Lovecraft and I Have Done For Each Other
Imagine, if you can, a time when no one knew who H. P. Lovecraft was. That’s the way life was back in the 1970s. No one I knew had ever heard of Lovecraft and, if you said “Cthulhu” to someone, their most likely response would be, “Did you just sneeze?”
Podcast: An interview with Ellen Datlow
This episode’s guest is Ellen Datlow, editor of CHILDREN OF LOVECRAFT, LOVECRAFT UNBOUND, LOVECRAFT’S MONSTERS, and many other books! A very interesting discussion: Ellen talked about her time at OMNI, how a writer gets on her radar, her work as a consulting editor at Tor.com, tropes she sees too much, and more.
Podcast: Stephen Graham Jones
This episode’s guest is Stephen Graham Jones, author of MONGRELS, a werewolf coming of age novel, and many other books. Stephen teaches creative writing at the University of Colorado. We talked about werewolves and why they may be the next big thing. Plus writing, comics, and much more!
Doctor Who vs Cthulhu and Azathoth
On a recent Lovecraft eZine podcast, I raised the issue of Lovecraftian influences in Doctor Who novels. With that in mind, here are two of them.
Podcast: In Which We Interview Ourselves
This episode’s guests are… us! I’ve received a few requests for more information on the writers and editors on this show, so on this episode, we interview each other.
Podcast: author Stephen Mark Rainey
Listen to this week’s podcast at the link! We talked with Stephen Mark Rainey, discussed book awards, tickets to Necronomicon, the HPL Film Festival 4-DVD box set, and more.
“Fragile Dreams”: there are things in the dark
Philip Fracassi burst onto the Weird Fiction scene recently. FRAGILE DREAMS is his latest book.
PODCAST: Chet Williamson is Psycho (“Psycho Sanitarium”, that is)
We talked with Chet about collecting Lovecraftian books and memorabilia, about his work, and ended the discussion with writing advice. Then Pete Rawlik and Philip Fracassi showed us some of their limited edition and collectible Lovecraftian books, and gave us some great advice on book collecting in general.
“Lovecraft eZine” megapack sale!
Pay only $1.99 for ALL FOUR Lovecraft eZine megapacks — over 230 Lovecraftian stories! Sale ends soon. Tales by writers like W.H. Pugmire, Joe Pulver, Ann K. Schwader, William Meikle, Jeffrey Thomas, Corinna Sara Bechko, A.J. French, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Anna Tambor, Stephen Mark Rainey, and many others!
Happy Holidays! Here’s an illustrated PDF of “The Festival” by H.P. Lovecraft
Click the link for an illustrated PDF of “The Festival” by H.P. Lovecraft — plus, a great audio recording of that story! “It was the Yuletide, that men call Christmas, though they know in their hearts it is older than Bethlehem and Babylon, older than Memphis and mankind…”
“Whispers”: Inspired by Lovecraft’s “The Whisperer in Darkness”
A new Lovecraftian novella by Kristin Dearborn, with a foreword by Daniel Mills! Available in print and for Kindle.
